Simon’s love life was complicated, but there was a pang, just for a moment, for this woman talking graphic novels with him. Ah, well. Tessa Gray, foxy nerd, was probably dating someone already.

I am Tessa Gray, ” she said in a low, clear voice. “And I believe in the importance of stories.

When a girl smiles, she's as beautiful as a blooming flower.

No matter how old you are, simple things can still bring you smile

Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn't rescue the suffering.

Never underestimate the ego of a politician.

Considering how pervasive interracial marriage is, certainly in American society, it is rare we get to see it depicted on film.

Many a maid have I won by a quarrel, when flattery was in no wise helpful; but take heed that thou art in the wrong, so that thou mayest acknowledge thine error.

Young sailors once stood under a square sail, gazing wonderingly across the water to where a strange shore rose about the sea - a New World.

There's an old saying that nothing good happens fast. I don't know if that's altogether true, but it does have some bearing on Bible study.

I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world.

Inner reality is certainly more important than the outer reality.